Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And oil only seems cheap. As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. It is no sweat to restart, so the temptation to zip through a red traffic light, menacing people as you do so, is removed. Safe places to park and recharge are also needed. As your correspondent waits at a light, a fit pedal cyclist pulls up beside her.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.

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